Re: Student Travel.

EF is great when budget is a priority. They have low prices for the
services given but you cannot expect central hotel locations
(although it may happen) or incredible meals as a standard. EF is
one of the oldest and the largest company for student travel and
their volume allow them to negotiate unbelievable prices with
hotels, restaurants, guides, bus companies... They run excellent
tours (although much depends on the Tour Director and his/her
knowledge and experience) and many times you get the same quality of
service that other companies can only give at higher prices. On
peak season be prepared to find some lower standards unless you
have such a large group with you that you yourself can request
specific hotels. If money is not an issue, then there are many other
tour companies that you mentioned... But if it is, it is hard to
beat EF

On 5/08/10, Sr. G. wrote:
> We'll I'm off to Paris on the EF International Training Tour at
> the end of this month... Something I was really looking forward
> to, until I saw the hotel and location. I believe my EF Rep
> became a bit unsettled from my concerns, as one of the directors
> called me. Yes, I am a bit angry and a bit miffed- this hotel for
> potential long-term clients?
> I'm taking students to Costa Rica next month with EF, my first
> time using this company, and now I am extremely anxious. I was
> pressured by the powers-that-be to keep costs down and I think I
> made a bad choice. In the future, I believe I'd rather do a
> shorter ACIS or NETC trip than have to deal with the issues I've
> been told, read and heard about.... If I experience any of them on
> these trips, I'm sure to implode!
>
> ACIS invited me to Madrid for an extended weekend- all expenses
> paid, stayed at Emperador on Gran Via- and I had never booked with
> them.
> I had a good time with NETC in Spain 2009. The hotel in Seville
> was marginal, but otherwise it was a very good trip.